2 mello

Last week over at iStandard I debuted a couple singles from 2 Mello, who has just released his beat tape “Memories Of Tokyo-To: An Ode To Jet Set Radio”. As the title insinuates this project is an ode to Sega Dreamcast classic and let me tell you Mello pulls references from all over.

What we end up getting in the end is an album full of influence across not only multiple genres, but an entire universe in Jet Set Radio that prepares us for the future. Full of energy, life, and nostalgia you can check out “Memories Of Tokyo-To” below, and keep it locked here at iStandard because we’ll be interviewing 2 Mello before you know it.

Devine Carama released his visual for “Suspect” from his Nas Tribute project, It Was Rewritten, released last October of 2012. 2 Mello reworked all the soundscapes on the project as well as directing this visual. Check it out above.

“White Girl Lost” with Marcus McClinton is the fourth leak from Devine Carmama’s Nas tribute mixtape It Was Rewritten dropping October 1st. Don’t look at me. I have no idea but you best believe I am pushing play right now to find out what this one is all about. Hahaha.

Devine Carama’s Thoughts:This is a song that deals with racial perception. Racism isn’t always based off of hate, but sometimes ignorance. This song tells two stories of a young white girl with misguided perceptions when it comes to their affection for the black male. I’m from Kentucky so I have personally dealt with this situation several times. We as African American men in the south are often viewed in misguided and false perceptions. I wanted to shed light on this particular aspect of racism. At the end of the day don’t judge people off their religion, race, gender, etc. Just get to know people and love or hate them for who they are not what they are.